Noiseless railway-crossing.



G. JFRINGEL. uorsnnsss RAILWAY caossme. APPLICATION TILED JAN.'18, 1913.

i v jflari zgy.

COLUMBIA PLANdclRAPH 60., WASHINGTON, D c.

' -rion.

CHARLES J. RINGEL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

norsnnnss nArLwAY-onossme.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedSept.9,1 913.

Application filed January 18, 1913. Serial N 0. 745,507.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. RINGEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Noiseless Railway-Crossing, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in noiseless railway crossings, and the object of my invention is to provide a railway which will present a continuous rail to a moving car and which 7 will minimize the noise and jolt of the crossing. I attain this object by means of the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 isa plan view of a railway crossing with my device attached. Fig. 2 is a sec tional elevation on the line'X Fig. 1. Fig.

3 is a plan view of the lower part of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an end view of Fig. 3.

"1, 2, and 3, 4 are the rails of the track of a single track crossover, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, are the cuts in the rails, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 18, 19, and 20 are depressible plugs in the cuts, and 21,22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,

tripping plugs.

Underneath the rails are the hangers 30 suspended from the rails by the angle irons 31. Through these hangers are loosely seated the stems of the tripping plugs and the depressible plugs. These plugs are held normally with their tops level with the tread of the rails by means of the springs 32, 33, 34,35, 36, and 37. which rest on'the hangers 30,'and engage lugs or shoulders 38, 39, 40 and 41 formed on the plugs.

Below the hangers 30 are pivoted thebell crank levers 42," 43, 44, 45, one arm of the lever 45 engaging the tripping plugs and the other arm engaging the slots 46 and 47 in the lugs '48 and 49. These lugs are attached to slide bars 48 and 49. On these slide bars which move easily on. the rollers 50 and 51 are the plug stops 52 and 53 so positioned as to be adapted to engage the depressible plugs of the oppositely crossing tracks, alternately holding rigid one set while loosing the other set.

In operation, when the flanges of the wheels of an approaching car strike the tripping plugs 21 and 22 they will be depressed and will move the bell crank levers 42 sliding the bar 48 and releasing the plugs 1.3, 14, 15, and 16 so that the flanges of the car wheels will depress them and pass through the cuts 5, 6, 7, and 8. At the same time the lugs or shoulders will engage the plugs 17 18, 19, and 20 and hold them rigid constituting thereby a continuous rail instead of open cuts as in the ordinary crossing; thus obviating the noise and jarring of cars caused by the striking of the wheels into the cuts. A car crossing from the opposite direction will, by depressing the tripping plugs 23 and 24 cause the same effect. A. car on the cross track will depress the tripping plugs 26 and 28 or 25 and 27 and will thus release the depressible plugs of that track and set the depressible plugs of the cross track thus making for itself a continuous rail and a free cut to pass through.

What I claim as my invention and desire Letters Patent for is- 1. In a noiseless railway crossing, crossing rails, holes in the bottom of the cuts in the rails, plugs in said holes, adapted to' move vertically, hangers under the rails, holes 1n the hangers engaging the plugs, tripplng plugs alongslde the rails beyondthe crossing tracks the lower ends of the plugs engaging holes 1n the sald hangers,

. springs on all theplugs adapted to hold them normally in alinement with the tread of the rails, bell crank levers in engagement with the tripping plugs, a sliding'bar on roller bearings below each hanger, lugs on the bar and in engagement with a bell crank lever, and lugs on the bar adapted to engage and' hol'd or release one or the other set of plugs in the rail cuts, to produce a continuous rail in one direction and passable cuts 111 the rails in the cross d1rect1on.

2. In a noiseless railway crossing, crossing rails, holes in the bottom of the cuts in the rails, plugs in said holes, adapted to move vertically, hangers under the .rails, holes in the hangers engaging the plugs alongside the rails beyond the crossing tracks, the lower ends of the plugs engaging holes in said hangers, springs on all the plugs adapted to hold them normally in alinement with the tread of the rails, bell crank levers in engagement with the tripping plugs, a sliding bar on roller bearings below said hangers, lugs on the bar and in engagement with a bell crank lever, lugs on the bar adapted to hold or release one or the other set of plugs in the rail cuts, in combination with automatic means operable by an approaching car, by which the rails of the track on which the car is passing are made temporarily contiguous, and the cuts in the rack are made temporarily passable for the Wheel flanges 8. In a nolseless rallway crossing, the comblnatlon of crossing ralls, cuts In the rails at the intersections, holes in the bottom of said cuts, plugs in said holes, springs on said I plugs, supporting means arranged under the, track for said plugs, bellcrank levers adapt-i ed tov engage; the lower end of said plugs,

Witnesses:

"lugs on said bell crank levers, a sliding bar, 10 iwith slots adapted to engage said lugs, rollers under said sliding bar and means for producinga continuous rail in the direction ofa passing car.

CHARLES J.

J. E. BooKsrblvER, M. E. KIrINE L Copies; of this patent; may be obtained, fiois fiiiei Iii addressing the Commissioner of- Patents,

Washin n, J 

